gnr.ktrha Posted 5 March , 2006 Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Hello, Here is a list of returned POW's form Feb. 1915. Hope it is of interest to someone. Regards, Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gnr.ktrha Posted 5 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Here's a bit and more and more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 5 March , 2006 Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Thank you: some interesting 1st RWF names on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 5 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 March , 2006 More! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 5 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 March , 2006 & still more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 5 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Think this is the last bit Regards, Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 5 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Here is the missing 3rd part Just for your interest Lt M Hay 3rd Gordon Highlanders wrote a book about his experiences, I think it's called ''Wounded and a prisoner'' Great read. Also Pte H Smith of the 2nd KOSB later served with the North Staffordshires! I wonder what the Germans would have said! Regards, Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Lund Posted 5 March , 2006 Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Thanks for that. Willie Poppleton, 7269, 2nd West Riding, is buried not far from where I live. He died in 1916. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 5 March , 2006 Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Great stuff. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 5 March , 2006 Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Fascinating list and a couple of 2nd Sherwood Foresters of interest to me - so thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 5 March , 2006 Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Stewart, For my own notes could you let me know the exact date of this article and which newspaper it is from? Thanks, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 5 March , 2006 Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Hello Stewart told me its from The Scotsman Newspaper - its a great piece for reference Regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 5 March , 2006 Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Stewart, In the upper left hand column between 906 T.Palmer 1st Rifle Brigade and 13780 G.Lane 4th M/sex, there's a Northumberland Fusilier who has been cut-off. Any idea who he is? Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 5 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Hello Graham, It is 8751 T. Humphries, 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers. He is listed on the part which should have been part 3 in the list, but for some reason did not post first ime, so I had to add it on on the end. Sorry about that. The list was published in the Scotsman on the 19th Feb. 1915, on page 9. Glad it has been of some use to Pals. The book writen by Lt. M. Hay is called, ''Wounded and a Prisoner of War'' ''By an exchange Officer'' All the best. Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 5 March , 2006 Share Posted 5 March , 2006 Ian & Stewart - thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Did much of this 'returning' go on ..... it is an hitherto unknown aspect of the war to me ...... how was it achieved, was it publicised, did the men have to give their word to remain hors de combat, were any subsequently conscripted etcetcetc ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 6 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Hello From Lt Hay book it seems that the returned/exchange POW had to be too badly wounded to be returned to military service. I suppose they were exchanged because they would just be a drain on the medical facilities of the country who had them as POW's. For example, Lt Hay was no longer fit to walk without the aid of his sticks and I seem to remember he still required a fair bit of treatment. I was surprised when I saw Pte H Smith,2nd KOSB, MIC that he later served with the North Staffords. I wonder if it was an office bound job. His service papers have not survived. I suppose a fair number of them must have served thier country after being returned, but probably not as a front line soldier. Regards, Stewart I will dig out Hay's book and see if it gives some details on how he came to be Exchanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Thank you: this is a whole new area for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 6 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 6 March , 2006 It must have happened late into the was, as well. I have a group to a 1st bn Scots Guard {who landed in france on 13 Aug 1914, and may have been a East Lanc in the South African War 1899-1902} He is listed in Jan. 1916 as a POW. His MIC states he was Discharged on 17th November 1917 all the best, Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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